A 19-year-old man was shot to death this afternoon after several large fights at a southeast Saginaw housing community, police say. Officers arrived at the Birch Park complex off Hess about 3:10 p.m. and found the 19-year-old and a 21-year-old suffering from gunshot wounds, said Saginaw Police Detective Sgt. Joseph Dutoi.

City police have identified Sunday's homicide victim as 19-year-old Darius Gates. Gates was shot in the neck about 3:10 p.m. in the Birch Park housing community off Hess on Saginaw's southeast side, said Saginaw Police Detective Sgt. Joseph Dutoi.

After more than three days of questioning, the attorneys in the trial for the suspended Buena Vista police officer charged with killing the woman who was 8 months pregnant with his son have settled on a jury. A jury of nine women and five men received their preliminary instructions from Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson late this morning and were told to come back at 9 a.m. Tuesday for opening arguments.

Retired military generals who represent the nonprofit group Mission Readiness believe lack of education in Michigan is a threat to public safety. A press conference today at Kinder Care, inside St. John’s Lutheran Church, 915 Federal in Saginaw, highlighted the topic.